Brain Cancer Imaging
Associate Professor Saadallah Ramadan
Associate Professor Ramadan is the Director of Research and Manager of the Imaging Centre and is a renowned leader in the field of magnetic resonance imaging and spectroscopy.
He is also the leader of imaging stream at the UoN Mark Hughes Brain Cancer Centre, and an active Section Editor at the Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders (IF 4.8).
As the co-director of the first regional National Imaging Facility (NIF) node, A Prof Ramadan develops new initiatives and co-develops strategy at the IC and is a national leader in the application of clinical and advanced spectroscopic in vivo techniques in many pathologies including glioblastoma, breast and prostate cancers, intra-uterine restricted growth placenta and foetal brain.
He leads research in the field of multiple sclerosis (MS) where he pioneered the implementation of novel MRI methods in this debilitating pathology and established novel neuro-metabolic signatures for disease modifying therapies. He also evaluated novel MR metrics for a newly developed nutraceutical designed to combat MS fatigue funded by Multiple Sclerosis Research Australia.
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